Welcome to Blackpast

BlackPast - African American and Global African History

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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William Lambert (1817-1890)
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Tullahassee Manual Labor School (1850-1924)
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Frank Silvera (1914–1970)
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Newark Riot (1967)

Explore Global African History

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Berhanu Nega (1958- )
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24th Infantry Regiment in Korea (1950-1951)
Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1960
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(1960) Patrice Lumumba’s Last Letter to Pauline Lumumba
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St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda (1632- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Fort Worth, Texas, Where the West and the South Meet: A Brief History of the City’s African American Community, 1849-2012
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Eleven Years in the U.S. Navy: The Strange Saga of Robert Shorter
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Fighting Jim Crow in the 19th Century South: The Untold Story
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The Other Hermitage: The Enslaved at the Andrew Jackson Plantation

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators